One Summer - Bouldering in the Peak in 1994

Travel back to the Peak District in 1994 for a close, unpolished look at bouldering’s golden era. One Summer follows Ben Moon through a season of gritstone and limestone sessions across iconic venues like Stanage Edge, Stoney Middleton, Raven Tor, Crag X, and the School Room, with cameos from Jerry Moffat and the scene that shaped modern hard climbing. From classic traverses to benchmark testpieces, it captures the rhythm of days spent chasing sequences, conditions, and that one perfect try. What makes this film essential is how quietly authentic it feels: no hype, just real attempts, real conversation, and the raw standards of the early ’90s. Watching Moon work problems like Ben’s Extension, Pinch 2, and Pump Up The Stamina is a reminder that cutting-edge bouldering is built on patience, precision, and obsession—and the Peak’s rough textures and steep caves provide the perfect stage. If you love climbing history or want to see where today’s bouldering mindset came from, this is a time capsule worth sinking into.

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Step back in time to 1994. Location: The Peak District, England. Follow Ben Moon as he ticks some of the Peak's most classic boulder problems, including Ben's Extension (f8A), Pinch 2 (f8A+), and Pump Up The Stamina (f8B+). Filmed and directed by Ben Pritchard with appearances from Jerry Moffat, One Summer has become a fly on the wall account of hard bouldering in the early 1990's. Featured Crags and Problems: 1.36 - Stanage Edge - Deliverance (f7B+) *** - Ben’s Extension (f8A) *** - Green Traverse (f7A) *** 6:27 - Stoney Middleton - Young American (f7A+) - One Arm Bandit (f7B) - Megatron Turbo (f7A+) - Quent’s Dyno (f7B) - Pinch 2 (f8A+) *** 19:02 - Jerry Moffat & Ben Moon on Tom’s R 25.16 - Raven Tor - Undercuts to Sloper Problem (f7C) - Pump up the Power (8a+) route - Pump up the Stamina (f8B+) *** 31.50 - Crag X - Superman (f8A+) - The Thing (f8A) *** - Sean’s Problem (f7C) *** - Lift Off (f7A) 42.54 - The School Room